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ALBERT 1V. TRISCHETT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

EDGING.

Application filed October 12, 1916.

To all ywlw/n i may concer/a.'

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. TRIS CHETT, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing in the city of New York, borough of Bronx, in thecounty of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a certain new anduseful Improvement in Edgings, of which the following is aspecification.

The invention relates to ornamental edgings used for trimmingundergarments and other articles of apparel, and more particularly tothat class of edgings in which the distinguishing feature ofornamentation is cord looped along the lower margin.

The object of the invention is to provide as a new article ofmanufacture an edging of this character which may be easily andeconomically manufactured, and in which the cord is reliably secured tothe margin of the strip, with the loops or depending bights of the cordfree and projecting below the margin if desired.

The invention consists in certain details of construction by which theabove objects are attained, to be hereinafter described and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this speciiication and show theinvention as it has been carried out in practice.

jFigure l is a front View of a short length of the improved edging.

The remaining iigures are on a greatly exaggerated scale.

Fig. 2 is a face view of a fragment corresponding to Fig. l.

Fig. Sis a corresponding view of the rear or reverse face.

Fig. 4c is a section taken transversely of the strip, on the line --i inFig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the gures.

A is a narrow strip of fabric, usually cotton or linen, forming the bodyof the edging, and B is the ornamental cord secured thereto along thelower margin; the upper edge of the fabric, shown as serrated, offerssufficient material for the attachment of the edging to the garment orother article to be trimmed, by stitching it thereto as usual.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 14;, 1917. Serial No. 125,313.

The lower raw edge of the strip is folded upon itself as at A? and thematerial again fofded as at A1 to conceal the raw edge and form a hemserving to present an attractive margin but mainly to strengthen orreinforce the lower margin to which the cord B is attached.

The cord is fed to and laid upon the strip in serpentine bends orconvolutions by a suitable machine which also secures the cord tothestrip by a line of stitches C extending through the upper bends BlL ofthe cord and through the three thicknesses of fabric forming' the hem,and the stitches and bends BL are so spaced and proportioned that eachof the latter receives a stitch on each side of its center line, thusfirmly securing it to the strip.

The reinforcement of the strip permits the cord to be sewn close to thelower marginal edge without danger of the stitches breaking away fromsuch edge and releasing the cord, and the lower loops or bights B2 whilethus iirmly supported may hang free and project below the marginal edgeas far as may be desired by the designer.

By reason of its tasty appearance edging of the looped-cord type is apopular design butas heretofore manufactured is objectionable becausethe attachment of the cord to the strip is insecure, and when the cordbecomes accidentally detached at intervals the ornamental effect iscompletely lost. The present invention offers an article in which thecord is reliably attached while permitting the loops to hang free and toeX- tend below the edge, thus greatly enhancing the appearance.

I claim:-

As an improved article of manufacture, a narrow strip of fabric foldedupon itself at one edge and the material again folded within therst-named fold to conceal the raw edge of the material and forming areinforced hem, a cord laid in serpentine bends upon the reinforcedmargin of said strip with the free lower bights of the cord extendedbeyond said reinforced edge, and a line of stitches passed through theupper bends of Said cord and through the three thicknesses of the fabricat the reinforced above set forth afliX my signature, in edge, saidstltches being spaced and proporpresence of two Witnesses.

tioned so that each of the upper bends of ALBERT XV. TRSGHETT. the cordreceives a stitch on each side of Vitnesses. 5 the center line. D. JESSETRISGHETT, In testimony that I claim the invention CHARLES R. SEARLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

